μέμφομαι

memphomai

blame, censure

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23

1162b18
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a3
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4

1363a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέμφομαι, Thgn. 797, etc.: impf. ἐμέμφετο Batr. 70: fut. μέμψομαι Hes. Op. 186, etc.: aor. ἐμέμφθην Hdt. 1.77, 3.13, Pi. N. 11.30 (κατα-), E. Hipp. 1402, al., Th. 4.85 (in pass. sense, Ph. 1.301, A.D. Synt. 67.22): but in Att. and Trag. commonly ἐμεμψάμην, as A. Pr. 1073 (anap.), And. 4.3, Th. 1.143, also in Mimn. 14.5, Hdt. 2.24: pres. in pass. sense, D.L. 6.47, Asp. in EN 133.14: fut. μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-Men. in Meineke Fragm.Com.Gr.iv p.337:—A. blame, censure, first in Hes. (though ἐπιμέμφομαι occurs in Hom.): 1. c. acc. pers., μέμψονται δʼ ἄρα τούς Hes. Op. 186, cf. Thgn. 797, Pi. N. 7.64, S. El. 384, etc.; μ. τύχην A. Pr. 1073 (anap.); μ. τὸν θέντα τὸν νόμον And. 4.3; κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται (sc. τὸν Λοξίαν) Hdt. 1.91; μ. τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X. Oec. 11.23; μ. τινὰ εἴς τι Id. An. 2.6.30. b. c.acc. rei, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σʼ αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι Thgn. 873; μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα, Hdt. 1.207, 3.13; μ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Pl. Euthd. 305b; ἄλλο οὐδὲν μ. X. An. 7.6.39; μεμφθεὶς κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἑωυτοῦ στράτευμα Hdt. 1.77; ταῦτα . . προτʼ ἐμὸν θυμὸν ἐμεμψάμαν Theoc. 30.24. 2. c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, impute as blameworthy, cast in oneʼs teeth, Sapph. Supp. 14.7 (prob.), Hdt. 3.4,4.180, Ar. Nu. 525, Av. 137, Th. 1.143, etc.: also c. acc. cogn., τῷ Λοξίᾳ μέμψιν μ. Ar. Pl. 10, etc.; μ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Hdt. 9.6, cf. 6.92; οὕνεκα . . E. Hel. 31; εἰ . . Th. 4.85: c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, οὔποτʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων μέμψει A. Th. 652: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, ὃ μάλιστα μέμφονται ἡμῶν which is the chief complaint they make against us, Th. 1.84. 3. c. dat. pers. only, to be dissatisfied with, find fault with, A. Th. 560, Pr. 63, S. Tr. 470, E. Or. 285, IA 899 (troch.), X. Mem. 3.5.20, Ep.Hebr. 8.8: with part.added, μ. ἡμῖν λογισαμένοις Luc. Charid. 20; ὡς κακῶς βουλευομένοις Pl. Phdr. 234b, cf. Cri. 50d. 4. c. gen. rei only, complain of, οὐ μάχης . . μέμψει A. Fr. 199.3; εἴ τι μέμφῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπουσίας E. Hec. 962; τιμῆς ἐμέμφθη of her [neglected] honour (cf. εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται Il. 1.93), E. Hipp. 1402; μ. τῶν γεγενημένων Th. 8.109. 5. c. inf. with μή, μ. μὴ πολλάκις βουλεύεσθαι object that one ought not . . , Id. 3.42. 6. abs., find fault, complain, A. Supp. 137 (lyr.); ὅτι Arist. EN 1162b18. in Law, οἱ μεμφόμενοι the plaintiffs, GDI 4998 (Gortyn).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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